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Saturday, March 21, 2015

Kuldara India: Cursed and Haunted Village

In India, if one is in search
of ghosts the village of Kuldara is always mentioned. This picturesque village
is 9 miles from Jaisalmer and sits on the edge of a desert.

Kuldara

Well-planned temples, streets
and large houses remain but they all are empty.

Five hundred years ago
Kuldara was a prosperous community with businessmen-farmers called Paliwal
Brahmins. Overnight this entire village of 1500 people left.

No one saw them leave or ever
discovered where they went. Adding to this mystery was the fact they left
behind all their belongings.

Local lore states that when
the Paliwal abandoned Kuldara they cursed the village. It is believed that if
anyone tries to stay overnight or inhabit the village they will meet a brutal death.

Even today why these
villagers left remains a mystery.

One popular legend told is
the Paliwal left because of Salim Singh, the minister of the state of
Jaisalmer. He fell in love with a beautiful girl in Kuldara while he visited
the village.

He demanded to marry
her--threatening any who stood in his way.

The girl’s father, the
chief of the village, then abandoned Kuldara along with people from 84 adjoining
villages.

A more practical reason put
forth for the abandonment states when a war erupted this forced the villagers
to evacuate.

Besides the curse, Kuldara is also believed to have active ghosts. In 2013, Delhi’s Paranormal
Society, led by Gaurav Tiwari sent 30 investigators to determine whether the rumors about Kuldara’s
ghosts were true.

This group stayed overnight
in this eerie village. They were not disappointed.

They picked up sudden rises
and drops of temperature on their Kll meters--at one point within a few steps one meter went from 105 degrees to 87 degrees. They spotted moving shadow
figures and picked up disembodied voices on their recorders.

The group used a Ghost Box and several spirits gave their names.

One investigator while alone
felt someone touching his shoulder from behind.

When this team went to leave
the village they discovered children’s handprints on several of their cars.
There were no children with them or in the village.

Arjun Sachdeva, a tour guide believes Kudara is haunted. He states every time he visits the village
something unusual happens.He like the paranormal team
above has discovered mysterious small handprints on his vehicles. Another time while
visiting the village with a film crew he states a generator caught on fire
for no apparent reason.